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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:27PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Litchfield, CT. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.
- Bulletin issued
- 16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC
- First saved by us
- 16 October 2026 at 22:17 UTC
- Last included in a daily record
- 16 October 2026
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- Source classification
- Severe · Source update
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- Issuer / area
- NWS Albany NY · Litchfield, CT
- Certainty / urgency
- Observed / Immediate
- Message expiry (not hazard end)
- 16 October 2026 at 23:15 UTC
- Forecast onset / end
- 16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC / 16 October 2026 at 23:15 UTC
Archived official description
At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Preston, or 7 miles northeast of New Milford, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Torrington, New Milford, Thomaston, New Hartford, Kent, Sharon, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, Oakville, Terryville, New Hartford Center, Woodbury Center, New Preston, Cornwall Bridge, Winsted, Watertown, Plymouth, Woodbury, Harwinton, and Barkhamsted.
Instructions in this archived message
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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- Title
- Before
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:11PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
AfterSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:27PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
- Source updated
- Before
16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC
After16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC
- Effective from
- Before
16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC
After16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC
- Forecast onset
- Before
16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC
After16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC
- Message type
- Before
Alert
AfterUpdate
- Source status
- Before
Source alert
AfterSource update
- Reported area
- Before
Litchfield, CT; Dutchess, NY
AfterLitchfield, CT
- Source summary
- Before
Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Litchfield,
CT; Dutchess, NY.Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.AfterSevere Thunderstorm Warning · Litchfield, CT. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.
- Official description
- Before
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Litchfield County in northern Connecticut... Southeastern Dutchess County in east central New York... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 611 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wingdale, or near Pawling, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Torrington, New Milford, Sherman, Pawling, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston, New Hartford, Amenia, Kent, Sharon, Millbrook, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, New Hartford Center, Woodbury Center, Hopewell Junction, New Preston, Wingdale, Dover Plains, and Oakville.AfterAt 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Preston, or 7 miles northeast of New Milford, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Torrington, New Milford, Thomaston, New Hartford, Kent, Sharon, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, Oakville, Terryville, New Hartford Center, Woodbury Center, New Preston, Cornwall Bridge, Winsted, Watertown, Plymouth, Woodbury, Harwinton, and Barkhamsted.
- External source link
- Before
https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8857a909f791de6c814d8cb20b4f5434540c3235.001.1
Afterhttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ed3fa48feeb147d8b57ca6690caadd09b6efdd8b.002.1
Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC
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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 22:17 UTC
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First saved record
Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:11PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY. We have no earlier saved version to compare.
Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC
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Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.
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